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COVID Mini: The Disease

ATTENTION! This course will be discontinued as of before May 26, 2022.

Treating COVID-19 patients must begin with a solid understanding of how the virus works. In this mini-course, you'll learn to identify the most common symptoms and complications associated with COVID-19, a general timeline of disease progression, and the most common comorbidities that increase the risk of severe disease or death.

6 Lessons, 1 Quiz
1 CME credit

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Chapter 1

COVID-19: The Disease

Introducing the virus
4m 21s
Recognizing the symptoms
4m 19s
Examining the clinical characteristics
9m 18s
Tracking disease progression
5m 45s
Appreciating potential complications
8m 26s
COVID-19: The Disease quiz
COVID Mini: The Disease outro
0m 46s

6 Lessons (32m 55s), 1 Quiz

CME credits

The certificate of this course comes with 1 CME credit. Enroll to a Pro Membership if you want to claim CME credits. See the activity information for more details.

After completing this course, you will be able to

Recognize the most common symptoms of COVID-19.
Identify risk factors for severe disease or mortality from COVID-19.
Appreciate the basic microbiological features of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and how they relate to infection and possible future therapeutics.
Track the progression of COVID-19 over time in patients with mild, moderate, and severe illness.
Recognize potential non-respiratory complications associated with COVID-19 infection.

Teacher of this course

Franz Wiesbauer, MD MPH

Internist with a specialization in cardiology and Medmastery course director from Salzburg, Austria.

Course downloads

Course Handbook